Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that he will visit Croatia, Serbia and Albania. The visit to the Balkans comes after Baird spoke about Ukraine and other global security issues at a high-level forum in Salzburg, organized by the International Peace Institute and the Salzburg Global Seminar.

He also discussed the need for a robust response to the Ukraine crisis during bilateral visits earlier in the week with his counterparts in Norway and Denmark. “Russia’s acts of aggression and intimidation toward Ukraine call for collective action,” said Baird. “When there are clear and present threats to international security, Canada, together with its like-minded allies, must…